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A Star Is Born

2018 · directed by Bradley Cooper · 136 min
26,285 feet · Prominence
200th of 15,261 films scored
The Rewatchables‘A Star Is Born’ With Bill Simmons, Amanda Dobbins, and Sean Fennessey

How this film scores

Draw72

$436m worldwide in 2018 — $574m in today's money.

As released$436mIn 2026 money$574mRank490 of 8,589In 201818 of 211

How Draw works

Inflation-adjusted worldwide box office, on one global curve, and nothing else. It does not know whether a film was good.

Praise93

Critics 89, awards 71. Half each, so Praise lands at 93.

Critics89 → 45Awards71 → 36

Oscars1 won Original Song7 nominated Picture, Actress, Actor, Supporting Actor, Adapted Screenplay, Cinematography, Sound
Golden Globes1 won Original Song
How Praise works

Half critics, half a tiered award record where Picture and Directing carry most of the weight. Praise is the verdict at the time; Legacy is the verdict since.

Legacy66

Judged directly: 'Shallow' ubiquitous, Gaga moment.

Verdict66 of 100IMDb7.6 from 446kWikipedia67k views a monthAge8 years

Scored beside it · 353 of 3,430 films judged

If it does not belong in this company, the number is wrong.

How Legacy works

Legacy is a judgment, not a formula. A film can be adored by critics and culturally quiet, or lightly reviewed and permanently lodged in the culture, and no arithmetic over IMDb numbers tells the difference. Every signal behind it keeps updating.

draw 72 praise 93 legacy 66averages 77, which places it at26,285 ft
How the three become one number

Added, not multiplied, so a film transcendent on one pillar and weak on another is not zeroed out. A compression curve then squeezes the top, because the seven greatest films ever made should not be four thousand feet apart.

In these careers — elevation for this film

Bradley Cooper22,949 ft